Sign above building reads Missouri Valley Trust Co. The bank building was built in July 1859. "Steamboat captains, slave owners, overland freighters, confederate and union soldiers have done business here....

This article details the life of Columbia and Boone County, Missouri resident Odon Guitar. He attended the University of Missouri, fought in the Mexican War under Alexander Doniphan, became a legislator,...

Photos and article about the home known as the Guitar House and later Confederate Hill near Columbia, Missouri. David and Odon Guitar were brothers that both fought in the Civil War, David for the Union...

This bank building was built by the Bank of the Stae of Missouri which established itself on this corner in July, 1859. The stockholders who organized the bank were: Joseph Robidoux, R. W. Donnell, John...

Abiel Leonard (1797-1863) was a schoolteacher, lawyer, landowner, and politician who lived in Missouri during the early years of statehood. He served in the Missouri state legislature in 1834 and was appointed...